Daily archives: March 13th, 2018

By Elliot Silver I am a regular participant in expiry auctions. Expiring domain name auctions can be a good place to acquire domain names, although some would probably say that auction prices have gone up considerably during the last few years, squeezing out quite a bit of the domain investors might need. Buying expiring domain…

By DomainGang DomainGang.com: Domains related to crypto and cryptocurrencies are all the rage; Mike Mann just scored a possibly large sale for Kryptos.com. Signifying the original, Greek word for “hidden” or “unseen,” the domain Kryptos.com was most likely sold to manage a cryptocurrency or blockchain project. Knowing Mike Mann’s abi… Source: Domaining

By Elliot Silver .@CloudFest and #NamesCon India are returning to Mumbai on May 23 and 24! Registration will open later this month. In the meantime, learn about our partnership opportunities. https://t.co/zrcDQfgvyB pic.twitter.com/rZBccCWh10 — NamesCon (@NamesCon) March 9, 2018 The 2018 CloudFest and NamesCon India joint conference is scheduled for May 24-25, 2018 in Mumbai, India….

By Raymond Hackney The Domains: Sedo reported their weekly sales and Garbuio.com was the top sale at 45,000 Euros, ($55,754). Kul.com was number two at 35,000 Euros,($43,364). This name was flipped from last year when it sold for $22,000. 54 .com sales 23 cctld sales 3 other gtld sales Domain name Price Currency .COMs garbuio.com…

By Elliot Silver In 2009, Toys.com was sold at auction for $5.1 million. TechCrunch noted that there were two bidders at $3 million plus -Toys R Us and National A-1. According to GoDaddy, Toys.com is one of the top 20 publicly reported domain name sales of all time. It looks like Toys R Us has…

By Andrew Allemann Domain Name Wire: Startup smartly invests in great domain name. A startup has purchased the domain name Jumprope.com for $200,000. The startup is headed by Jake Poses, who was previously VP of Product at Thumbtack. Prior to that, he was with Bain Capital. Jakob Knightly brokered the transaction. The domain name was…

By Andrew Allemann Domain Name Wire: Startup smartly invests in great domain name. A startup has purchased the domain name Jumprope.com for $200,000. The startup is headed by Jake Poses, who was previously VP of Product at Thumbtack. Prior to that, he was with Bain Capital. Jakob Knightly brokered the transaction. The domain name was…

By DomainGang DomainGang.com: For real, this time: DNForum has a new design, brand and logo. Also known as “skin,” the domain forum layout favors light colors, and the ability to display more content on screen. The new logo can be seen below: Here’s the new DNForum layout, to be activated for all visitors very soon:…

By DomainGang DomainGang.com: For real, this time: DNForum has a new design, brand and logo. Also known as “skin,” the domain forum layout favors light colors, and the ability to display more content on screen. The new logo can be seen below: Here’s the new DNForum layout, to be activated for all visitors very soon:…

By Elliot Silver DomainInvesting.com: I am a regular participant in expiry auctions. Expiring domain name auctions can be a good place to acquire domain names, although some would probably say that auction prices have gone up considerably during the last few years, squeezing out quite a bit of the domain investors might need. Buying expiring…

By Elliot Silver DomainInvesting.com: I am a regular participant in expiry auctions. Expiring domain name auctions can be a good place to acquire domain names, although some would probably say that auction prices have gone up considerably during the last few years, squeezing out quite a bit of the domain investors might need. Buying expiring…

By Andrew Allemann Domain Name Wire: Lawsuit moves forward with preliminary injunction ruling. A Federal District Court judge has issued a preliminary injunction (pdf) in favor of GoDaddy against people and a company that GoDaddy says were spamming domain name registrants and pitching them on various design services. GoDaddy says that the defendants used GoDaddy’s……

By Konstantinos Zournas OnlineDomain.com: The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of February 2018 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. There are no common keywords in the 2 lists. You can find the list from last month here. My experience shows that 700 or…

By DomainGang DomainGang.com: ICANN61 is ongoing in beautiful San Juan, Puerto Rico. While some reported challenges at the event are only true in a parallel universe, those attending the ICANN gathering, surely have their personal viewpoints to share. Take GDPR, for example. The General Data Protection Regulation, soon to be enforced by the European Parliament,…

By Elliot Silver DomainInvesting.com: .@CloudFest and #NamesCon India are returning to Mumbai on May 23 and 24! Registration will open later this month. In the meantime, learn about our partnership opportunities. https://t.co/zrcDQfgvyB pic.twitter.com/rZBccCWh10 — NamesCon (@NamesCon) March 9, 2018 The 2018 CloudFest and NamesCon India joint conference is scheduled for … Source: Domaining

By Travis M. DSAD.com: A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on March 12, 2018. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiring name) and may have had…

By Kevin Murphy DomainIncite.com: Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, Donuts has prevailed in the two-horse race for the .charity gTLD. The company appears to have privately resolved its contention set, paying off rival bidder Famous Four Media, judging by updates to ICANN’s web site today. The gTLD had been scheduled for an ICANN…

By Andrew Allemann Domain Name Wire: Some observations about Google’s search results for “domain name”. I was doing some research this morning and searched Google for domain name, both with and without quotes. I was a bit surprised by the search results. Since I was logged into Google I also ran the searches through a…

By The Frager factor The Frager factor: In San Juan For ICANN Tonight? Party With US! Wall Street Analyst Creates ‘Bitcoin Misery Index’ For Traders; Why customer service is the new marketing; How Important Is The Creative In Online Video Marketing? Many in Silicon Valley support universal basic income; Many in Silicon Valley support universal…

By Kevin Murphy DomainIncite.com: GoDaddy is in violation of its ICANN registrar contract by throttling access to its Whois database, according to a leading industry lawyer. Brian Winterfeldt of the Winterfeldt IP Group has written to ICANN to demand its compliance team enforces what he calls a “very serious contractual breach”. At issue is GoDaddy’……

By Elliot Silver DomainInvesting.com: In 2009, Toys.com was sold at auction for $5.1 million. TechCrunch noted that there were two bidders at $3 million plus -Toys R Us and National A-1. According to GoDaddy, Toys.com is one of the top 20 publicly reported domain name sales of all time. It looks like Toys R Us…

By Michael Sumner NameBio.com: The top sale of the day was PointMan.com which sold for $25,000 at Sedo. NameBio recorded 210 sales for a total of $154,025 with an average sale price of $733. Compared to the previous day there was an increase of 23% in the number of sales and the total dollar amount…

By Kevin Murphy DomainIncite.com: South Africa looks to be the next country to start letting people register domains directly at the second level of its ccTLD. Local registry authority ZADNA this week opened a policy consultation on allowing registrants access to direct, second-level .za names. Currently, if you want a .za you have to register…

By Kevin Murphy DomainIncite.com: ICANN is unlikely to accept any more new gTLD applications until a full decade has passed since the last round was open. That’s the conclusion of some ICANN community members working on rules for the next round. Speaking at ICANN 61 in Puerto Rico this weekend, Jeff Neuman, co-chair of the…

By Jamie Zoch DotWeekly: Domain Movers focuses on company related domain name transactions and reports these early finds to help you learn more about domain name assets and the businesses behind them. This is a tiny sample of daily domain activity behind potential new brands, advertising campaigns, domain upgrades and much more. Here are the…

By Raymond Hackney The Domains: While checking the whois on some generic industry based names, I noticed that DomainName.com is now at transferservice@sedo.com. When I type in the name the lander makes me think that Yinan Wang the same buyer of DomainNames.com purchased the name. NameService.com is owned by Yinan. The domain was registered in…

By Josh E DSAD.com: Every two years I have to certify my National Registry Paramedic certification. The course is 48 hours long, which makes for a long time sitting in a classroom. Two years ago, I took an online refresher course instead of sitting in a class and I’m in the middle of doing it…

By Michael Sumner NameBio.com: Every day we scan more than one hundred thousand domains across all the major marketplaces and pending delete lists to find domains you can buy that have sold in the past. Sale history, like the age of a domain name, is a great proxy for quality to help the cream rise…

By James Iles NamePros.com: Two-letter domain names are one of the rarest classes of investment assets for domainers. With just 676 possible two-letter .COM’s available, these names now demand six and even seven-figure fees thanks largely to interest from wealthy Chinese investors who, according to George Kirikos (@GeorgeK) currently own 26.6% of all two-letter… Source:…